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Celebrate 87th Birthday.Saturday March 18, friends and relatives numbering eighty-nine gathered at the home of Lloyd Wright to celebrate his eighty-seventh birthday. Uncle Lloyd, as he is familiary known, was born in Virginia 1814,came to Indiana over fifty years ago, when it was inhabited by deer, bear, turkey and many other wild games. The writer failed to get accurate dates of his coming to this country, also dates of his martiages. He was married first to Elizabeth Clark and they lived happily together for eight years, when she left this earth to enter that home where happiness reigns forever. To this union was born six children, three of them are iiving and three of them have joined the mother, Uncle Lloyd being left with several small children, and much in need of a belp-mate was in a short time married again, this time to Nancy Meeks. To this union wa9 born twelve children. She was stricken with that dreaded disease consumption and medical aid failing her spirit returned to God who gave it. Uncle Lloyd was advanced in years and feeling that he needed a companion to comfort him in his old days, was in a short time marriedagain to Sarah Gee his present wife, although he is eighty-seven years old he can jump up and crack his feet together and informed the croud that he could throw the best man there.The noon hour arriving, two large tables were prepared and almost everything that one could wish for was placed on it to eat. After all had satisfied their huuger, the afternoon was spent in singing and list n-ing.to stories of Mr. Wrights young life. He is the father of eighteen children, has eighty-eight grandchildren, sixty-three great grandchildren. There were seven children present thirty grand-children and fourteen great-grand children.We would love to give a fuiler biography of Mr. Wright but only being acquainted with him for a few years, without the aid of others who know more about his life we are unable to do so. We can say to our personal knowledge the few years we have known him, that he has been an honest, upright citizen, respected bv all who know him. The crowd returned to their homes feeling that the day had been an enjoyable one and wishing him many more such happy birthdavs.M. M. A.
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Bloomfield Democrat
Bloomfield, Indiana, US
Thu, Mar 29, 1900
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